As the dust settles on the World Cup qualifiers, internationals who have played for various national teams are returning to their clubs to prepare for the upcoming tournaments.

From now until next February, there will not be a single national team match day, and European clubs will not have to worry about being disrupted by the FIFA virus again. Therefore, it is natural that this period has become a time for teams to strive for results, and Fiorentina is no exception.

On November 15, the Serie A league was rekindled, and the full squad of Fiorentina welcomed the opponent of the eighth round of the league at the Frankie Stadium, Lecce Pepper from the south of Italy.

Fiorentina scored a header in the 14th minute of the first half by Vieri, then by alien Ronaldo, and finally by substitutes Cruz and Inzaghi each scored a goal, and five goals from four forwards helped the Purple Lilies finally beat Lecce 5-0 and continue to lead the standings with a proud record of eight wins.

Three days later, Fiorentina played in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, this time at home to La Liga giants Real Madrid.

With Real Madrid currently two points behind Fiorentina in the group standings, and the gap between Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid behind them is not obvious, German coach Heynckes will play his best in this game.

goalkeeper Ilgna, the four defenders are Zige, Hierro, Sanchez Jr. and Panucci; Karemb plays as a single midfielder, and the front midfield is the Dutchman Seedorf who can cover the entire midfield, Raul continues to be his false left midfielder, because Amaviska is tired due to injury, so this time Real Madrid's high-quality youth product Victor got the chance to start; In the forward line, due to Davo Suker's two bloody matches for the Croatian national team in the play-offs against Ukraine, who have the twin stars of Rebrov and Shevchenko, Kim, who suffered a slight injury in the game, was directly excluded from the squad by Heynckes, and he started in place of young center forward Morientes, who transferred from Zaragoza this summer, and he will partner Yugoslav striker Mijatovic in this game, and the two will take on the responsibility of attacking Real Madrid tonight.

Fabio Capello was not too careless about this game, although Fiorentina are now two points ahead of Real Madrid, but everyone knows that this advantage is not safe, as long as Fiorentina are careless or unlucky in a game and lose, then they will be immediately overtaken by Real Madrid, who have been eyeing them all the time.

Therefore, on this evening, Capello also sent all his main players to the field.

Goalkeeper Toldo, Robert Carlos and Zambrotta split up on the left and right, with Nesta and Ferrara in central defence, and in front of them was a back three of Redondo, Davies and Tomasi.

Due to Real Madrid's sharp attacking combination on the wings, Fiorentina's wide flanks will have to take on a much heavier defensive task than usual, as well as provide the necessary help to the team in attack.

Therefore, as Fiorentina's starting full-backs for this game, Carlos and Zambrotta said there was a lot of pressure.

In terms of midfield, because Capello expected that Heynckes would inevitably choose the more defensive Karemb in the midfield position, so that Real Madrid did not look too top-heavy at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, so he included Effenberg, who is more capable of confrontation, in the starting line-up.

While Rui Costa is also a master, Capello, who is trying to be safe, reluctantly put him on the bench in case of emergency.

It is estimated that only Fiorentina can do such extravagant behavior in European football at this time, allowing first-class midfielders such as Costa, Effenberg, and Redondo to compete in turn.

In terms of forwards, Ronaldo continued to start, the alien's excellent foot skills and breakthroughs are a big weapon against the Real Madrid defense, and the other striker is Batistuta, the Argentine god of war is responsible for attracting the attention of Hierro and Sanchis Jr. in the front court, covering Ronaldo, and when necessary, acting as a pillar in the team's counterattack to play the ball for his teammates.

Compared with the first leg, although the venue was changed from the Bernabeu to the Frankie Stadium, Capello's tactical thinking has not changed in any way, that is, on the premise of stabilizing his own defense, he resolutely played Real Madrid's counterattack, bullying the central defenders Hierro and Sanchis Jr. who turned slowly and did not chase quickly.

Once the game began, Real Madrid, who were the first to kick off, quickly launched the attack, but the attack of the Blancos was quickly hampered - Victor and Panucci's attack on the right was strangled by Carlos and Davies, who moved to the left to help the defense, and had to move the ball to the middle, looking for an opportunity to continue the attack and break the opponent's goal.

Although Seedorf is a first-class midfielder, his strengths lie in ball protection and one-shot play in a small area, and there is still a certain gap in terms of organization compared to Costa and Effenberg, and scalpel-like passing is not what makes him special. Coupled with Seedorf's good long-range shots and free-kicks, the Dutchman is qualified as a playmaker but not a top-tier number ten.

So at this time, the weakness of Real Madrid's midfield was exposed: after Redondo's transfer and Michelle's aging, Real Madrid's control of the midfield began to decline sharply. After Claudio Ranieri took the reins, in order to solve this problem, the tinkerer boldly changed the way Real Madrid attacked, starting to attack more from the two flanks, and then the two strikers in front of him and Raul, a fake left midfielder, completed the shot.

This tactic seems simple, but it works unexpectedly in Spanish football, which advocates a flashy style of play, because La Liga teams often pass the ball for the sake of passing the ball in the game, and with the strength of the Real Madrid players, they can seize the opportunity to play a few counterattacks to call the game to a day.

However, Real Madrid's tactics are extremely weak in the face of Fiorentina, not only because Fiorentina is an expert in defensive counterattacks, and it is impossible to be sloppy enough to give the opponent such a chance; As mentioned earlier, Real Madrid's midfield lacks a real playmaker and the ability to tear apart the opponent's defence directly with passes from the middle, so this slightly monotonous wing attack tactic can easily be targeted against an Italian team of equal strength.

The reason why Real Madrid were able to take a two-goal lead in the last time they played Fiorentina was not because of how good they were in attack, but because of the brilliance of their stars - Davo Suker and Raul scored as well, Fiorentina players did not leak in the defensive system before conceding the goal, but Real Madrid relied on the individual ability of these two players to score.

Therefore, this time against Fiorentina away from home, the hearts of Real Madrid players are actually very bottomless - God knows if there is that luck this time, a burst of inspiration to get this turtle shell in front of them?